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Mike Lee
American
Politician
Born:
Jun 4
,
1971
Country
Government
Party
People
Think
You
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When people were subjected to the impeachment and removal process, Aaron Burr was right there, looking out for their rights, even though it wasn't in his political interest to do so.
Mike Lee
Rights
People
Impeachment
Political
Looking
Though
Out
Removal
Were
His
Subjected
Process
Interest
Even
Right
My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.
Mike Lee
Political
Party
Tea
Kid
Since
Concerns
Another
Reflected
Political Views
Movement
Tea Party
Tea Party Movement
Views
I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.
Mike Lee
Willing
Easy
Done
Want
Things
Need
I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.
Mike Lee
War
Soil
Fly
Think
Over
Foreign
Tantamount
Declaring
Act
Zone
It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.
Mike Lee
You
Science
Everything
Say
Collapse
Simply
Science Fiction
Ceiling
Debt
Debt Ceiling
Going
Fiction
Fantasy
Raise
I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.
Mike Lee
Family
Before
Every
Think
About
Clause
Talks
Realized
Regular
Regular Basis
Basis
The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.
Mike Lee
Power
Party
Tea
State
Respected
Recognizing
Perceive
About
Federal
Between
Powers
Limits
Difference
Movement
Tea Party
Tea Party Movement
Need
We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionally limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.
Mike Lee
Government
People
Better
Limited Government
Congress
Believe
Think
Ought
Mindset
Philosophy
More
More People
Better Place
Share
Support
Come
Make
Limited
Candidates
Happen
Place
Elections
Who
I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.
Mike Lee
Own
My Own
Nobody
Am
Person
Deputy
Who
The best thing we can do when we want to elevate civil dialogue in our American political discourse is to do whatever we can to make sure we treat others kindly with dignity and respect, and that's what I intend to do.
Mike Lee
Best
Respect
Dignity
Treat
Political
Whatever
Others
Our
Kindly
Civil
Make
Sure
Dialogue
Discourse
Intend
American
Want
Elevate
Thing
My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people rather than the other way around.
Mike Lee
Work
Government
People
Other
Way
Colleagues
Rather
Purpose
For The People
Make
Call
Around
Democrats
Than
Reform
Get
Trying
Behind
Whether
Republicans
Agenda
A lot of people feel left out by a government that taxes too much and regulates them too heavily and seems to result in a set of circumstances where economic and political incumbents benefit at everybody else's expense.
Mike Lee
Government
People
Result
Political
Too Much
Too
Everybody
Else
Benefit
Circumstances
Out
Seems
Economic
Feel
Lot
Left
Expense
Where
Them
Taxes
Much
Set
You have six of the ten wealthiest counties in America surround Washington, D.C., and the poor and middle class are getting squeezed while people at the top and people with influence in government seem always to be doing better.
Mike Lee
Government
You
Class
People
Better
Top
Seem
Ten
Counties
Always
Doing
Surround
America
Squeezed
Getting
Six
Middle
Influence
Middle Class
While
Poor
Washington
We've got tax and regulatory policies in this country that are driving a lot of businesses overseas, and so I think there's a lot that we can do using principles of constitutionally limited government to help address people who share these concerns.
Mike Lee
Government
People
Country
Limited Government
Think
Address
Share
Driving
Policies
Concerns
Principles
Limited
Got
Overseas
Lot
Tax
Help
Regulatory
Who
Businesses
Using
Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?
Mike Lee
Government
Class
Else
Cost
Something
Something Else
More
Federal
Federal Government
Mission
Reach
Policies
Stifled
Reevaluate
Scope
America
Same
Middle
Different
Size
Want
Middle Class
Poor
Regulatory
Helped
Growth
Creep
Need
Harm
We can't give excessive, unfettered power to a president to act alone, to bind an entire country to a set of principles, a set of rules that the president, him or herself, makes.
Mike Lee
Alone
Power
Country
President
Herself
Rules
Entire
Give
Excessive
Him
Principles
Makes
Unfettered
Act
Bind
Set
The founding generation would be amazed. It would be surprised. I think it would be very impressed by what has happened since then in terms of our exploding population; in terms of the success of this country economically and otherwise.
Mike Lee
Success
Generation
Country
Think
Otherwise
Our
Would
Would-Be
Economically
Since
Terms
Amazed
Surprised
Impressed
Very
Happened
Exploding
Then
Population
Founding
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